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London adult care death: Man charged with murder

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Emergency services were called to the facility on Glen Road early on Tuesday

A man has been charged with murdering a fellow resident at an adult care facility in east London, police say.

Police and paramedics went to Newham Centre for Mental Health in Plaistow at 03:45 GMT on Tuesday where a man, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination at East Ham Mortuary on Wednesday gave the cause of death as compression of the neck. The victim's family has been informed.

Rolando Torres-Pena, 21, will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court later.

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